Retrograde tracker
Which planet is retrograde right now, at what degree, and when it turns direct. Station dates with times. No account.
Turns retrograde: the planet starts to appear to move backwards. Turns direct: it moves forwards again. All times are in UTC.
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 6°18′♉︎ Taurus 2°20′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 19°49′♋︎ Cancer 17°36′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 17°12′♍︎ Virgo 10°21′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 22°31′♎︎ Libra 12°36′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 2°51′♒︎ Aquarius 17°54′
- Mars71 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°16′♏︎ Scorpio 29°27′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 4°13′♓︎ Pisces 1°26′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 3°38′♊︎ Gemini 24°38′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 10°25′♉︎ Taurus 6°26′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°42′♎︎ Libra 16°01′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 21°07′♋︎ Cancer 18°53′
Retrograde motion is apparent, not actual: as Earth overtakes a planet in its faster orbit, the planet appears to move backwards against the stars for a while. This page states dates, times and degrees, and nothing else. A station date says nothing about anyone's week, and it is not pretended otherwise here.
Mercury retrograde: 5 Feb – 27 Feb; 7 Jun – 1 Jul; 3 Oct – 24 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 24 Apr – 4 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Feb – 8 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 26 Dec 1684 – 11 May
Uranus retrograde: 10 Aug 1684 – 9 Jan; 15 Aug – 13 Jan 1686
Neptune retrograde: 5 Jun – 12 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 19 Oct 1684 – 30 Mar; 21 Oct – 1 Apr 1686
One row per body. The thin line is the year's course; the thick coloured band marks the days it ran retrograde. Dates are UTC.
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